Soldering-tool



(No Model.) 8 I W. M. RYAN.

- SOLDERING TOOL. v No. 295.888. Patented M811. 25, 1884.

end with a ring-extension, d, to receive the an arm, A, which is of a construction identr name STATES PATENT OFFici- 7 WILLIAM RYAN, or SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

SOLDERlNG-TOOL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,888, dated March 25, 1884- Application tiled July To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. RYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shenandoah, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soldering-Tools, of which the following-is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, in which the figure is a longitudinal central sectional view of my device.

In the said drawing, B indicates the iron, which is in outline of a similar contour to the ordinary soldering-iron head, but is recessed or hollow, as shown, and provided at its lower end with a discharge-perioration, a, and at its upper end with a filling-aperture, I). Theinner walls, a, of the iron converge or incline to near the inner surface of the dischargeaperture. The iron is also provided at its upper pivoted or hinged jaws of the handle, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

0 indicates the handle, which may be made of wood or other suitable material, and provided with a. shank-extension, e, having its lower end terminating in an inwardly-turned abrupt hook, f. This shankextension eiis provided on its outer side near its hooked end with a fulcrum-bearing, g, anda flat spring, h.

D indicates athumb-lever, which is of T shape in outline, having one end of its crossarm pivoted in the fulcrum-bearing g, its long arm extended upward and designed to engage the said fiat spring h.

In the shoulder dot the handle 0 is pivoted cal, or nearly so, with that of the sha'nk-extexr sion. Both the shank-extension and pivoted. arm are provided with a transvrrse perforation, is, by means of which, through the me dium of a bolt and nut, the hooked ends of the 30, 11583. (No model.)

pivoted arm and shank-extension are secured to the ring end of the iron, as shown in the drawing.

N indicates a rod, which is inserted in the iron through its filling-aperture,extends down through the molten metal to the dischargewith molten metal, and the operator grasps the handle by pressing his th umb against the upper end of the lever D the valve or stopperrod will be drawn up out of the dischargeopening and the metal allowed to flow out, but by the operator removing his thumb from this lever the flat spring will throw the lever outward and the rod down in the discharge-opening, thus preventing the escape of any of the metal in the receptacle.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The soldering-tool described, consisting of the iron B, having the filling and discharge apertures, and provided with the receptacle E, having its inner walls converging to the discharge-aperture, and the upward loop -eX- tension (1, the handle 0, having the hooked shank-extension e and shoulder t, the pivoted hooked arm A, spring h, fulcrumbea'ring g, lever D, stopper-rod N, set-screw 3, and rod and nut for securing the handle to the iron, substantially as shown and described.

. WM. M. RYAN.

Attest:

D. BuwAUGH, H. I. Dorrrnnn; 

